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Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to take further steps to address noise pollution, inter alia, through the introduction of fixed payment notices (also known as on-the-spot fines) and provision for mediation procedures between neighbours. The development of new noise legislation by my Department will be considered in the context of this commitment. However, it is not...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Fire Services Act 1981 and 2003 is the primary legislation governing fire safety in Ireland, and I am not aware of any specific EU Directive in that regard. Section 18(2) of the Act places responsibility for fire safety in premises to which the public have access on the 'persons-in-control' of those premises. The Act empowers fire authorities to inspect premises for compliance with the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 and the Local Government (Household Charge) Regulations 2012 provide the legislative basis for the household charge. Under the legislation, an owner of a residential property on the liability date of 1 January 2012 is liable to pay the household charge by 31 March 2012, unless otherwise exempted or entitled to claim a waiver. The household...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 and the Local Government (Household Charge) Regulations 2012 provide the legislation underpinning the household charge. The household charge is on a self assessment basis and interpretation of the legislation is a matter for legal advice in individual cases and ultimately a matter for the Courts. Section 2(2) of the Act provides that certain...

Written Answers — Architectural Qualifications: Architectural Qualifications (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 354, 356, 363 and 390 of 21 March 2012 which sets out the position on this matter. I have no plans to amend the Building Control Act 2007 along the lines suggested.

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 and the Local Government (Household Charge) Regulations 2012 provide the legislative basis for the household charge. The household charge is on a self assessment basis and interpretation of the legislation is a matter for legal advice in individual cases and ultimately a matter for the Courts. Under the legislation, an owner of a residential...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 427 and 428 together. The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 provides the legislative basis for the household charge. Under the Act, an owner of a residential property on the liability date of 1 January 2012 is liable to pay the household charge, unless otherwise exempted or entitled to claim a waiver. The household charge is on a self-assessment...

Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management in my Department has developed a draft national policy for an integrated approach to efficient fire safety in Ireland. This is titled "Keeping Communities Safe" and it is the subject of consultation with a range of stakeholders. The primary objective of the draft policy is maintaining and improving public safety, through achieving...

Written Answers — Leader Programmes: Leader Programmes (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG), the group contracted by my Department to deliver Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) in Gaeltacht Areas, went into liquidation on 7 September 2011. Progress, in the context of the legal "winding up" process, is ongoing and all relevant RDP (LEADER) project files have been released by the liquidator and are now in the possession...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I have no proposals to collect the household charge from homeowners by deduction from earnings. The Question may be referring to the proposals that my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality is developing, in line with a commitment in the Programme for Government, to allow for collection of unpaid court fines by attachment of earnings or deduction from social welfare benefits. These...

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 433 and 436 together. The Building Regulations in general provide for the safety, health and well-being of persons in and around buildings. The regulations are reviewed on an ongoing basis and any proposed amendments are subject to a full regulatory impact analysis and detailed public consultation prior to their being signed into law. A number of the concerns...

Written Answers — Dog Licences: Dog Licences (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: This information is available on my Department's website at www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/DogControl . The statistics for 2011 are currently being compiled and will be published shortly.

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Harbours Act 1996 provides for the making of harbour bye-laws, and section 89(3)(a) provides that local authorities may make bye-laws in respect of harbours under their control or management to the same extent as any other body under the Harbours Act. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport is the appropriate Minister for the purpose of this legislation. I have no function in the...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: Responsibility for the allocation of National Lottery funding to Departmental expenditure programmes generally is a matter for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Appendix 1 to the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2012, published by that Department in February 2012, gives information on expenditure programmes which are part funded by the National Lottery, the provisional...

Written Answers — Departmental Equipment: Departmental Equipment (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department currently has 309 laptops and plans to upgrade 75 laptops this year. This number includes the laptops provided under a shared services agreement to the Heritage Division of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Tablets have not been deployed in my Department.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The primary purpose of this Bill is to give legislative effect to the increases in motor tax rates and trade plate licences contained in the financial resolution on motor tax passed by the Dáil on budget day, 6 December 2011. The new rates apply to motor tax discs and trade licences taken out for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2012. The Bill provides for the same increases in motor...

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: It is going well.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Senator will eat humble pie on the promissory note.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Senator will eat humble pie in respect of it.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Senator and Sinn Féin were wrong in regard to it.